Good morning. How are you?   

Fine thanks, and you? Not so bad, thanks. 

Guido, this is our client Mr Johnston.

Guido is our sitemanager. 

Pleased to meet you.  

Nice to meet you. 

How far have the workmen got?  

When can the excavation company start? 

Well, the bricklayers finish this evening and the labourersand carpenters are putting up the wood panels around theexcavation area. 

So can I phone the excavation company and ask if theycan start tomorrow? 

Yes, that’s OK.  ... yes, have you got an excavator available for tomorrow?

Good. And a truck to take away the earth from thebuilding site? Great! What time can they come?  

8 o’clocktomorrow morning? Yes, that’s fine. 

So, the excavation starts tomorrow morning. 

Yes. Guido, can we meet here at 7:45 a.m.? Sure. 

Hello, everyone. This is Mr Johnston, our client. 

Good morning everyone. 

Today we start work on the formwork in reinforcedconcrete. 

Have we got all the iron bars and mesh? 

Yes, we have.

Can you start cutting and bending themnow?  

Have you got the measurements? 

Yes, here are the plans.

The rest of you can startmeasuring the site for the excavation. Please mark out thefoundations according to the plans and check that all thematerials for the formwork are ready. 

Where are the materials? 

The wood and nails are near the crane.

The pegs and stakes and the mason’s lines are in the tool shed. 

When is the concrete mixer arriving with the cement for thecasting? 

OK. Tomorrow!

So, it’s important to finish the formwork assoon as possible. 

Now I need to speak to the surveyor.

I’ve got someimportant questions to ask her... 

I think we need to contact the suppliers.

We are runningout of building materials.

The supplier is probably latewith deliveries. What do we need? 

100 square metres of bricks and 100 bags of cement. 

When was the delivery date? 

This morning at eight o’clock.

It’s half past three now.  

Hello, I’m ringing about a delivery... yes, this morning at8.00am. Tomorrow? Why? A problem? It’s a problem forme too.

We are behind schedule now.

I expect a discount!Only 5%? Yes, yes, OK. 

So the delivery is tomorrow morning. 

Yes. Why do suppliers never deliver on time?